This new ‘Classified Information’ trailer from Deus Ex: Human Revolution shows off more of the action/RPG prequel in the works at Eidos Montreal. Word is: "A tips-driven, in-depth look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Learn how to best approach situations using stealth, combat, social and hacking gameplay, benefits to using augmentations, story overview and key characters you, as Adam Jensen, will encounter. The truth will change you." On a related note, Square Enix announces charitybuzz is auctioning a limited run of prints of works based on the game that from an art show based on the game, with proceeds "going to funding further education in the arts." The embedded version of the trailer follows.

Invisible War crushed a lot of hope. It's understandable that people feel upset by it. I believe this is going in the right direction and if I did not support that then I would feel more upset. I believe if we send a clear message to developers that we enjoy decent games then they may put more effort into it. Or, on the other hand, it could be another decade before there's a worthy successor.

Time will tell!

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I succumbed and grabbed the leak as I just couldn't wait any more, and I'm glad that I did. I knew they had tried, which was why I was pre-ordering anyway, but it wasn't until I got my teeth into the game that I realized how much they have tried.

One thing I loved about the original Deus Ex was that I could do the missions and progress and then I'd do it again on another playthrough and find that I had missed things. Even though I thought I was pretty thorough the first time round, the second playthrough led me to find new hidden things that I missed before. Definitely like!

The hacking is interesting, even with maxed out hacking augs it's still challenging and rewarding too.

I'm still getting used to how melee works, I sometimes catch myself trying to melee boxes, and as the takedown requires a whole battery it helps a lot to have either extra batteries and/or faster recharge.

My choices do have an impact on the game too. The first one which hit me was right at the start where simply taking way too long and ignoring warnings whilst I was doing my own thing made a big difference.

I was concerned that the leak would put me off somehow, but if anything it's reassured me.

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Good to know Fion. I have stayed away from the leaked demo because I'm trying hard to get into this with zero expectation. Having played the first one many many times though on the trusty Voodoo3 it's very hard to have zero expectations with this game.

Having played a few hours of the 'leaked' beta I can say that at least early in the game thare aren't very many cutscenes at all. There is a fair bit of conversation in the game but that really can be an integral part, but there's still tuns of combat if thats what you want. My first time through (I only let myself play the first few 'missions) I didn't kill a single enemy and I went stealth and conversation heavy (picked up the invisibility and the pheromones augs). Second time I went through guns blazing. Honestly, I had just as much fun both times. I'd try different ways but I purposefully forced myself to stop playing lol.

I myself, I had to tear myself away from the leaked beta because I didn't want to spoil the game for myself. I understand it's only an early part of the game but still. It's so much freaking fun though that I pre-ordered the game on steam as soon as it was available.

Tell you the truth when this was first announced I thought a modern company could never pull this off because today it's all about showmanship, most modern AAA games are about as deep as a rain puddle after all.